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You may have been wondering where was Living with Dignity during the recent electoral campaign. We kept silent in the hope that nobody would make the electoral promise to legalise “medical aid in dying”. Unfortunately, Mr. Couillard and Mrs. Marois both promised made that promise a few days before the election.

The day after the election, Mister Couillard declared that he wanted to quickly reintroduce Bill 52 in the National Assembly. So there is no longer a reason to remain silent. ...

There is a poll on the Shropshire Star. The Catholic Bishop of Shrewsburry spoke out against assisted suicide this weekend.

The poll asks if the Bishop was right to oppose assisted suicide. Please answer “yes”.

You can find the poll half way down the page here: http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/04/18/star-comment-grey-area-key-in-right-to-die-law/.

There is a poll on assisted suicide following the announcement that federal MP Steven Fletcher will present two bills on that topic tomorrow. The poll on CTV News.

The poll is to the right of the article, towards the middle of the page. Please vote “No”.

Note: Polls on news website are liable to change. Don’t worry if the poll you see is no longer the poll discussed here.

There is a poll on assisted suicide following the announcement that federal MP Steven Fletcher will present two bills on that topic tomorrow. The poll on Toronto Sun.

The poll is after the article. Please vote “No”.

Note: Polls on news website are liable to change. Don’t worry if the poll you see is no longer the poll discussed here.

The Canadian Medical Association is currently conducting a dialog on end-of-life care. They are asking for the participation of physicians who are members through a website, as well as meetings throughout the country. As this dialogue is only for physicians, they have organised a site so those of us who aren’t doctors can participate.

It is extremely important that you participate in this dialogue. We must show there is a real opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide in all its forms.

You ...

There is a poll on the New Haven Independent website about assisted suicide.

The question is after the article. Please vote “No”

Note: Polls on news website are liable to change. Don’t worry if the poll you see is no longer the poll discussed here.

There is an online poll on assisted suicide on the Denver Post website. http://www.denverpost.com/politics. The poll is on the left of the page towards the bottom.

Please vote “No”.

Note: Polls on news website are liable to change. Don’t worry if the poll you see is no longer the poll discussed here.

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness.

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The newest judge on Ontario’s top court has an explanation for the Conservative government’s well-known losing streak at the Supreme Court of Canada: The court’s reasoning process is unfair, making it almost impossible for the federal government to defend its laws, such as those involving assisted suicide, prostitution and the war on drugs.

Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Bradley Miller, whose appointment was announced last month, is part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s vanguard on the bench – a leading dissenter, ...

Professor Pierre Deschamps recently published an excellent article (in French) on the topic of medical aid in dying. The article was published in “Les Développements récents”, a publication of the Barreau du Québec. The article, entitled L’aide médicale à mourir ou l’instrumentalisation du droit à des fins politiques – Lorsque la fin justifie les moyens (Medical aid in dying or the instrumentilisation of the law for political purposes – when the end justifies the means), was published in Volume 393 ...